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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river of western British Columbia, Canada, flowing about 380 km (235 mi) southwest through the Coast Mountains to the Pacific Ocean north of Prince Rupert.
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The ecoregion is generally very wet, and precipitation ranges from 2,500 millimeters (mm) in the western coastal areas of the Nass River valley to 600 mm in the lower elevations of the interior Bulkley ranges.
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The Indians of the Nass River, in British Columbia, are impressed with a belief that a physician may swallow his patient's soul by mistake.
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The Indians of the Nass River, in British Columbia, are impressed with a belief that a physician may swallow his patients soul by mistake.
Chapter 18. The Perils of the Soul. § 2. Absence and Recall of the Soul
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The Indians of the Nass River, in British Columbia, are impressed with a belief that a physician may swallow his patient's soul by mistake.
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The mouth of the Nass River is one of the great fishing resorts of the Indians.
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He laboured zealously for three years, and began the Mission on Nass River, as already related; and then in
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In 1869, he was taken ill at Fort Simpson, on his way home, after a journey to Nass River.
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He, however, took over the work on Nass River, begun by Mr. Doolan, so that Metlakahtla still remained without an ordained missionary.
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Four years, however, passed away before regular Missionary operations could be extended to the Nass River.
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Metlakahtla from England, and, at Mr. Duncan's suggestion, he at once went on to the Nass River to establish a permanent Mission.
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